Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-10-06
Burlington and Missouri River Rail-
reimbursement Department.

! HARVEST EXCURSIONS Tv NEBRASKA AM
| KANSAS.
Arrangements have beer perfected between
the railroads in Nebraska and Kansas, an,
| those in very large territory east of the Mis-
| souri, River, for the sale of harvest excursion
| tickets to points in Nebraska and Kansas, W,
| respectfully submit the following outline o.
| conditions, for the business in question:
l. Dates of sale have been fixed as Angus
30th, September 10th, and October Eth.
2. The rate tor the round trip to be the low
| est regular first class One-fare way.
3. Tickets to be of the usual nOn-transfera
lie irOn-clad form, containing the requirement
that WESTBOUND COUPONS ON THIS LINE WILL
NOT BE GOOD FOR PASSAGE UNLESS PRESENTED
| ON TRAINS LEAVING MISSOURI RIVER WITHIN
| FIVE DAYS OF THE ORIGINAL DATES OF SALE
with an outside limit for return passage OF
forty days from date of sale. and the require
| inent that they shall Only be gooi for return
passage for five days after date upon which
they are stamped and witnessed at the west
bound destination.
4. We shall be glad to have these tickets
sold to Lincoln and all points on our line in
Nebraska west of there, and to all points on
our Kansas extensions west of WymOre.
j. Extension tickets will be sold by this
Company at one fare for the round trip from
Lincoln, Red ClOuo. Hastings, Grand Island.
and McCOOk, to all stations on our line in Ne
braska and Kansas west of those points. The
sale of these tickets will be confined absolute
ly to the holders OF through excursion tickets
from the east which read over our road from
Missouri River. and the dates and limits will
be made to conform to those fixed in the orig
inal excursion tickets. This is intended to
cover the case of passengers who fail. for any
nation. ana will enable railroads to cOnfine
the sale of these tickets to one or two impOr-
tant points on our road, if they desire.
g. Divisions of the through rate will be ac-
cepted on the same basis as at present ap-
plies to the One-way rates. as now made to all
points on our line; PROVIDED, THE REQUIRE
MENTs OF THE TICKETS ARE AS OUTLINED
ABOVE. Attention Is called to the fact that
the regular rates from Omaha. Pacific juno
ton. East Nebraska City, AtchisOn. and Kan
sas City. TO all points, are to be found i'm cur
rent numbers of our monthly blue rate sheet
Z. StOpovers will be allowed on the regular
excursion tickets, and on our extension tick
cts, at all stations west of the Missouri River.
the number of stOp-Overs on each ticket not
being restricted. This practice will obtain re-
CARELESS of any limit which may be fixed in
the ticket its use to destination westbOund.
The necessity of insisting upon the use of
iron-clad tickets. with proper limit as outlined
above. is obvious, and as many lines in previ-
Gus years issued nOn-signature tickets in
some cases and in others placed no limit what
ever upon the ticket, except the extreme limit
for return. with the consequent result that
scalping offices at Missouri River and points
we 4 used the tickets and OccasiOned us a
great loss in local business, we are forced to
give notice here that we will not accept divi.
siOns on harvest excursion tickets ut the nc.
reed low rates, unless these tickets conform
to the above requirements as to form and
limit.
As the indications are that there will he a
very large business moving on the three dates
in question. we respectfully request reasOna-
BILE ticket representation to our points ut all
your coupon stations.
Very Truly
P.S. EUSTIS
GENT Pass and Ticket Agent